behaviouristic psychology

Thân thiện

Behaviouristic psychology focuses on measuring how a rat learns to press a lever for a food reward.

Definition

Noun: - An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable, measurable behavior: Behaviouristic psychology is a school of thought within psychology that focuses on the scientific study of behavior, which can be directly seen, recorded, and measured. It typically disregards internal mental states, considering them unscientific or irrelevant to understanding and predicting actions.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Behaviouristic psychology was dominant in the mid-20th century.
  • The experiment was designed according to the principles of behaviouristic psychology.
  • Critics argue that behaviouristic psychology overlooks the role of cognition and emotion.

Advanced Usage

• "the tenets of behaviouristic psychology": refers to the core principles, such as conditioning and reinforcement, that form the foundation of this approach.
  • The therapist applied the tenets of behaviouristic psychology to modify the patient's habits.

Variants and Related Words

• Behaviorism (n): A more common synonym for behaviouristic psychology; the theory or doctrine.
  • Skinner was a leading figure in behaviorism.
• Behaviorist (n/adj): (As a noun) A practitioner or proponent of behaviouristic psychology. (As an adjective) Relating to this approach.
  • The behaviorist conducted a study on operant conditioning.
  • It was a behaviorist interpretation of the data.

Synonyms

• Behaviorism
• Behavioral psychology

Related Phrases

• Stimulus-response psychology: A phrase often associated with the behaviouristic focus on how environmental stimuli elicit behavioral responses.
  • Early behaviouristic psychology is sometimes called stimulus-response psychology.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Từ đồng nghĩa

• behaviorism
• behaviourism
• behavioristic psychology